diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_critic.yml b/.github/workflows/check_critic.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e714dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_critic.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+name: perlcritic
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  perlcritic_checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: registry.opensuse.org/devel/openqa/containers/os-autoinst_dev
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Static analysis
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+          ./external/os-autoinst-common/tools/perlcritic --quiet $(git ls-files -- '*.p[ml]')
diff --git a/.perlcriticrc b/.perlcriticrc
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..48360c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.perlcriticrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+external/os-autoinst-common/.perlcriticrc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.pm b/main.pm
index 7134c7f..86a6be5 100644
--- a/main.pm
+++ b/main.pm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 use testapi;
 use autotest;
 
diff --git a/tests/boot.pm b/tests/boot.pm
index 45ec6b0..e16a368 100644
--- a/tests/boot.pm
+++ b/tests/boot.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 use base 'basetest';
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 use testapi;
 
 sub run {